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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Safety and Efficacy of

K N Mala, Jestin Thomas, Das S Syam, Balu Maliakel, I M Krishnakumar

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non-Chinese herbal medicines for functional dyspepsia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  5. Journal of food science and technology · 2021
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  7. The Possible Therapeutic Effects of Some Medicinal Plants for Chronic Cough in Children.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

K N MalaSri Rama Hospital, Fort road, Doddaballapur, Bangalore, India.
Jestin ThomasLeads Clinical Research & Bio Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India.
Das S SyamR&D Centre, Akay Flavours & Aromatics Pvt. Ltd., Kerala, India.
Balu MaliakelR&D Centre, Akay Flavours & Aromatics Pvt. Ltd., Kerala, India.
I M KrishnakumarR&D Centre, Akay Flavours & Aromatics Pvt. Ltd., Kerala, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0594-7650
Centre for Aromatic Plants · INClinical Research Services · DERamakrishna Mission Vidyamandira · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the availability of various synthetic drugs for the treatment of functional dyspepsia (FD), the side effects and their cost have always created a great interest in the search for novel natural alternatives for the management of gut disorders. The present contribution reports the safety and efficacy of the kitchen spice asafoetida (

Identifiers

PMID30224930
PMCPMC6129344
OpenAlexW2888309462

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